Comments on: Atlanta Keeps The “Music For Airports” Industry Alive All By Itself http://idolator.com/5205579/atlanta-keeps-the-music-for-airports-industry-alive-all-by-itself Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sun, 27 May 2012 01:59:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lucas Jensen http://idolator.com/5205579/atlanta-keeps-the-music-for-airports-industry-alive-all-by-itself/comment-page-1#comment-902142 Lucas Jensen Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:21:55 +0000 http://cbe9da8ac33605376d342f6b42172efe#comment-902142 <p>@<a href="#c11987314">KikoJones</a>: Quite a few, actually!</p> @KikoJones: Quite a few, actually!

]]> By: KikoJones http://idolator.com/5205579/atlanta-keeps-the-music-for-airports-industry-alive-all-by-itself/comment-page-1#comment-902152 KikoJones Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:10:03 +0000 http://cbe9da8ac33605376d342f6b42172efe#comment-902152 <p>Stone Mountain does have a few black tourist folk pictured on the website.</p> Stone Mountain does have a few black tourist folk pictured on the website.

]]> By: Lucas Jensen http://idolator.com/5205579/atlanta-keeps-the-music-for-airports-industry-alive-all-by-itself/comment-page-1#comment-902102 Lucas Jensen Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:38:07 +0000 http://cbe9da8ac33605376d342f6b42172efe#comment-902102 <p>I forgot about the World of Coke and the Aquarium. Duh.</p> I forgot about the World of Coke and the Aquarium. Duh.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5205579/atlanta-keeps-the-music-for-airports-industry-alive-all-by-itself/comment-page-1#comment-902162 Anonymous Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:18:18 +0000 http://cbe9da8ac33605376d342f6b42172efe#comment-902162 <P>Interesting to note that there are apparently no black people here to answer the question of whether Stone Mountain is a recreation destination for black people.</P> Interesting to note that there are apparently no black people here to answer the question of whether Stone Mountain is a recreation destination for black people.

]]> By: Janelleyo http://idolator.com/5205579/atlanta-keeps-the-music-for-airports-industry-alive-all-by-itself/comment-page-1#comment-902112 Janelleyo Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:42:06 +0000 http://cbe9da8ac33605376d342f6b42172efe#comment-902112 <p>Oh - the PR company that did the Opening Day campaign at the beginning was fired shortly after launch and I was shocked they continued with that maddening of a slogan. Seriously? Opening Day? Thats the best we can come up with?</p> <p>And because I like statistics, I looked for the ranking of the most visited/popular attractions in Atlanta just for you:</p> <p>* Atlanta - Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site<br> * Atlanta - World of Coca-Cola<br> * Atlanta - Fernbank Museum of Natural History<br> * Atlanta - Georgia Aquarium<br> * Atlanta - High Museum of Art<br> * Atlanta - Historic Oakland Cemetery<br> * Atlanta - Rhodes Hall<br> * Atlanta - Stone Mountain Park<br> * Atlanta Botanical Garden<br> * Atlanta History Center</p> Oh – the PR company that did the Opening Day campaign at the beginning was fired shortly after launch and I was shocked they continued with that maddening of a slogan. Seriously? Opening Day? Thats the best we can come up with?

And because I like statistics, I looked for the ranking of the most visited/popular attractions in Atlanta just for you:

* Atlanta – Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site
* Atlanta – World of Coca-Cola
* Atlanta – Fernbank Museum of Natural History
* Atlanta – Georgia Aquarium
* Atlanta – High Museum of Art
* Atlanta – Historic Oakland Cemetery
* Atlanta – Rhodes Hall
* Atlanta – Stone Mountain Park
* Atlanta Botanical Garden
* Atlanta History Center

]]> By: Janelleyo http://idolator.com/5205579/atlanta-keeps-the-music-for-airports-industry-alive-all-by-itself/comment-page-1#comment-902122 Janelleyo Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:38:43 +0000 http://cbe9da8ac33605376d342f6b42172efe#comment-902122 <p>Unfortunately the way the schools are here in Georgia, no one, black OR white know the history of Stone Mountain, so everyone can get away with it :) This coming from someone educated in the North, thankyouverymuch, so Lord knows I don't know anything about anything.</p> <p>I like the idea of the airport smelling better. You KNOW that is because they are making you take your shoes off, Lucas.</p> <p>I traveled from Atlanta to Tokyo to Beijing and back last month, and you can leave your shoes on at both Narita and Beijing Capital. Viva la Asia/Communism!</p> <p>(but they did tear apart my backpack looking for a lighter in Beijing. little did they know I had one in my bra. touche, China)</p> Unfortunately the way the schools are here in Georgia, no one, black OR white know the history of Stone Mountain, so everyone can get away with it :) This coming from someone educated in the North, thankyouverymuch, so Lord knows I don’t know anything about anything.

I like the idea of the airport smelling better. You KNOW that is because they are making you take your shoes off, Lucas.

I traveled from Atlanta to Tokyo to Beijing and back last month, and you can leave your shoes on at both Narita and Beijing Capital. Viva la Asia/Communism!

(but they did tear apart my backpack looking for a lighter in Beijing. little did they know I had one in my bra. touche, China)

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5205579/atlanta-keeps-the-music-for-airports-industry-alive-all-by-itself/comment-page-1#comment-902132 Anonymous Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:34:21 +0000 http://cbe9da8ac33605376d342f6b42172efe#comment-902132 <P>The last time I went hiking up there, September or so, I saw a lot of black folks on the mountain. I'm pretty sure it's not really that big of a deal...anymore, at least.</P> The last time I went hiking up there, September or so, I saw a lot of black folks on the mountain. I’m pretty sure it’s not really that big of a deal…anymore, at least.

]]> By: Lucas Jensen http://idolator.com/5205579/atlanta-keeps-the-music-for-airports-industry-alive-all-by-itself/comment-page-1#comment-902172 Lucas Jensen Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:25:51 +0000 http://cbe9da8ac33605376d342f6b42172efe#comment-902172 <p>As a former GA Studies teacher I say come on down! We'll have a good time.</p> As a former GA Studies teacher I say come on down! We’ll have a good time.

]]> By: T'Challa http://idolator.com/5205579/atlanta-keeps-the-music-for-airports-industry-alive-all-by-itself/comment-page-1#comment-902182 T'Challa Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:15:04 +0000 http://cbe9da8ac33605376d342f6b42172efe#comment-902182 <p>Double wow. I need to spend more time in the South. Seriously.</p> Double wow. I need to spend more time in the South. Seriously.

]]> By: T'Challa http://idolator.com/5205579/atlanta-keeps-the-music-for-airports-industry-alive-all-by-itself/comment-page-1#comment-913252 T'Challa Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:15:04 +0000 http://cbe9da8ac33605376d342f6b42172efe#comment-913252 <p>Double wow. I need to spend more time in the South. Seriously.</p> Double wow. I need to spend more time in the South. Seriously.

]]> By: T'Challa http://idolator.com/5205579/atlanta-keeps-the-music-for-airports-industry-alive-all-by-itself/comment-page-1#comment-908612 T'Challa Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:15:04 +0000 http://cbe9da8ac33605376d342f6b42172efe#comment-908612 <p>Double wow. I need to spend more time in the South. Seriously.</p> Double wow. I need to spend more time in the South. Seriously.

]]> By: T'Challa http://idolator.com/5205579/atlanta-keeps-the-music-for-airports-industry-alive-all-by-itself/comment-page-1#comment-911162 T'Challa Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:15:04 +0000 http://cbe9da8ac33605376d342f6b42172efe#comment-911162 <p>Double wow. I need to spend more time in the South. Seriously.</p> Double wow. I need to spend more time in the South. Seriously.

]]> By: T'Challa http://idolator.com/5205579/atlanta-keeps-the-music-for-airports-industry-alive-all-by-itself/comment-page-1#comment-912472 T'Challa Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:15:04 +0000 http://cbe9da8ac33605376d342f6b42172efe#comment-912472 <p>Double wow. I need to spend more time in the South. Seriously.</p> Double wow. I need to spend more time in the South. Seriously.

]]> By: Lucas Jensen http://idolator.com/5205579/atlanta-keeps-the-music-for-airports-industry-alive-all-by-itself/comment-page-1#comment-902192 Lucas Jensen Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:26:53 +0000 http://cbe9da8ac33605376d342f6b42172efe#comment-902192 <p>@<a href="#c11975036">T'Challa</a>: What's disappointing about the flare-ups in the 1900s was that Atlanta prided itself on being different (or at least trying), with Booker T. Washington speaking at the Cotton States Expo in Piedmont Park and stuff in the late 1800s. Their slogan was "The City Too Busy To Hate"!</p> @T’Challa: What’s disappointing about the flare-ups in the 1900s was that Atlanta prided itself on being different (or at least trying), with Booker T. Washington speaking at the Cotton States Expo in Piedmont Park and stuff in the late 1800s. Their slogan was “The City Too Busy To Hate”!

]]> By: Audif Jackson Winters III http://idolator.com/5205579/atlanta-keeps-the-music-for-airports-industry-alive-all-by-itself/comment-page-1#comment-902202 Audif Jackson Winters III Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:26:06 +0000 http://cbe9da8ac33605376d342f6b42172efe#comment-902202 <P>Yeah, I mean, for the most part, it's just a big park, and people go to take a gondola ride up to get a view of Atlanta. There were definitely plenty of black families there on the one occasion I visited. There's also a resort hotel on the ground that hosts conventions, and again, plenty of black folks at the one I attended.</P> Yeah, I mean, for the most part, it’s just a big park, and people go to take a gondola ride up to get a view of Atlanta. There were definitely plenty of black families there on the one occasion I visited. There’s also a resort hotel on the ground that hosts conventions, and again, plenty of black folks at the one I attended.

]]> By: Lucas Jensen http://idolator.com/5205579/atlanta-keeps-the-music-for-airports-industry-alive-all-by-itself/comment-page-1#comment-902212 Lucas Jensen Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:21:55 +0000 http://cbe9da8ac33605376d342f6b42172efe#comment-902212 <p>@<a href="#c11975036">T'Challa</a>: I think so. It's pretty nice up there and the laser show is rad. So, you know, all is forgiven.</p> @T’Challa: I think so. It’s pretty nice up there and the laser show is rad. So, you know, all is forgiven.

]]> By: T'Challa http://idolator.com/5205579/atlanta-keeps-the-music-for-airports-industry-alive-all-by-itself/comment-page-1#comment-902222 T'Challa Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:13:34 +0000 http://cbe9da8ac33605376d342f6b42172efe#comment-902222 <p>@<a href="#c11974716">Lucas Jensen</a>: Um, wow at all of that.</p> <p>Do black families ever go near the place?</p> @Lucas Jensen: Um, wow at all of that.

Do black families ever go near the place?

]]> By: T'Challa http://idolator.com/5205579/atlanta-keeps-the-music-for-airports-industry-alive-all-by-itself/comment-page-1#comment-913262 T'Challa Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:13:34 +0000 http://cbe9da8ac33605376d342f6b42172efe#comment-913262 <p>@<a href="#c11974716">Lucas Jensen</a>: Um, wow at all of that.</p> <p>Do black families ever go near the place?</p> @Lucas Jensen: Um, wow at all of that.

Do black families ever go near the place?

]]> By: T'Challa http://idolator.com/5205579/atlanta-keeps-the-music-for-airports-industry-alive-all-by-itself/comment-page-1#comment-908622 T'Challa Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:13:34 +0000 http://cbe9da8ac33605376d342f6b42172efe#comment-908622 <p>@<a href="#c11974716">Lucas Jensen</a>: Um, wow at all of that.</p> <p>Do black families ever go near the place?</p> @Lucas Jensen: Um, wow at all of that.

Do black families ever go near the place?

]]> By: T'Challa http://idolator.com/5205579/atlanta-keeps-the-music-for-airports-industry-alive-all-by-itself/comment-page-1#comment-911172 T'Challa Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:13:34 +0000 http://cbe9da8ac33605376d342f6b42172efe#comment-911172 <p>@<a href="#c11974716">Lucas Jensen</a>: Um, wow at all of that.</p> <p>Do black families ever go near the place?</p> @Lucas Jensen: Um, wow at all of that.

Do black families ever go near the place?

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